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5 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Herford (City of Herford) |
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| Year | 1917 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Green-tinted notgeld coupon printed by letterpress, with an ornate dark border of scrollwork and corner medallions each bearing the numeral 5. A central cartouche in dark ink carries the denomination in large letters 'Fünf' and 'Pfennig' flanking a prominent oval numeral '5'. Below the cartouche, the text of the voucher conditions is set in two blocks, dated 'Herford, den 1 Juni 1917', with the circular city seal of Herford at centre and a manuscript signature of Der Magistrat to the right. The lower panel carries the inscription 'KRIEGSGELD 1917' within a decorative frame, and 'STADT HERFORD' appears in the upper panel. |
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| Reverse lettering | 5 5 5 5 STADT HERFORD 1914 RATHAUS 1917 |
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Herford's 1917 5 Pfennig Notgeld belongs to the first wave of municipal emergency money issued across Germany as coin hoarding stripped small denominations from circulation entirely. The Reichsbank's response was inadequate; cities simply printed their own. Herford was one of hundreds of Westphalian municipalities that did so, and these early wartime pieces are far less decorative than the collector-oriented Notgeld that flooded the market from 1919 onward — they were made to spend, not to save.
Paper Notgeld of this vintage often suffers from brittleness along fold lines, a known issue with the cheap wartime stock used by smaller issuers.